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| 2021 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
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| Owner | Sporting Club | ||
| Head coach | Peter Vermes | ||
| Stadium | Children's Mercy Park | ||
| MLS | Conference: 3rd Overall: 4th | ||
| Playoffs | Conference Semifinals | ||
| U.S. Open Cup | Canceled | ||
| Leagues Cup | Quarter-finals | ||
| Highest home attendance | League/All: 20,213 (6/26 v. LAFC) | ||
| Lowest home attendance | League/All: 16,888 (9/15 v. MIN) | ||
| Average home league attendance | League/All: 18,837 | ||
| Biggest win | SKC 4–0 MIN (9/15) | ||
| Biggest defeat | All: SKC 1–6 LEÓN (8/10, LC QF) League: LAFC 4–0 SKC (9/3) | ||
The 2021 Sporting Kansas City season was the twenty-sixth season of the team's existence in Major League Soccer and the eleventh year played under the Sporting Kansas City moniker. The season began on April 17. [1]
Sporting KC players reported for a seven day quarantine period involving medical exams and testing on March 1. The team then trained for six weeks beginning on March 8 before the season started on April 17. [2] Sporting KC began a one week voluntary training on March 1 before heading to Arizona on March 7. The team then began preseason training and played 4 preseason matches on March 13, March 20, March 24 and April 3 before returning to Kansas City on April 3. [3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.Squad correct as of October 29, 2021.
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Per Major League Soccer and club policies terms of the deals do not get disclosed.
| Date | Player | Position | Previous club | Fee/notes | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 21, 2020 | | FW | | Homegrown Signing | [5] |
| December 17, 2020 | | GK | | 2020 MLS Re-Entry Process Signing | [6] |
| December 22, 2020 | | MF | | International Signing | [7] |
| January 20, 2021 | | MF | Sporting Kansas City Academy | Homegrown Academy Signing | [8] |
| January 20, 2021 | | FW | Sporting Kansas City Academy | Homegrown Academy Signing | [8] |
| January 20, 2021 | | GK | Sporting Kansas City Academy | Homegrown Academy Signing | [8] |
| February 3, 2021 | | DF | | International Signing | [4] |
Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. Only trades involving draft picks and executed after the start of 2020 MLS SuperDraft will be listed in the notes.
| Round | Pick Number | Player | Position | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | 23 | | DF | University of North Carolina |
| 3 | 23 | | FW | Marshall University |
| Date | Player | Position | Destination club | Notes | Ref |
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Kickoff times are in CDT (UTC-05) unless shown otherwise
Preseason schedule announced on March 1, 2021. [3]
| March 13, 2021 | Sporting Kansas City | 4–0 | Phoenix Rising FC | Chandler, Arizona |
| 12:00 pm CST | Harris Busio | Report | Stadium: Wild Horse Pass Stadium |
| March 20, 2021 | Sporting Kansas City | 0–1 | Colorado Rapids | Tucson, Arizona |
| 5:00 pm CDT | Report | Moor | Stadium: Kino Sports Complex |
| March 24, 2021 | Sporting Kansas City | 3–3 | Portland Timbers | Tucson, Arizona |
| 1:00 pm CDT | Shelton Harris Espinoza | Report | Valeri Asprilla Tuiloma | Stadium: Kino Sports Complex |
| April 3, 2021 | Sporting Kansas City | 1–0 | LA Galaxy | Tucson, Arizona |
| 2:00 pm CDT | Busio | Report | Stadium: Kino Sports Complex |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colorado Rapids | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 61 | Qualification for the Playoffs Conference semifinals and CONCACAF Champions League |
| 2 | Seattle Sounders FC | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 53 | 33 | +20 | 60 | Qualification for the Playoffs first round and CONCACAF Champions League |
| 3 | Sporting Kansas City | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 58 | Qualification for the Playoffs first round |
| 4 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 56 | 52 | +4 | 55 | |
| 5 | Minnesota United FC | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 42 | 44 | −2 | 49 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Colorado Rapids | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 51 | 35 | +16 | 61 | Qualification for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League [a] |
| 3 | Seattle Sounders FC | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 53 | 33 | +20 | 60 | Qualification for the 2022 CONCACAF Champions League [b] |
| 4 | Sporting Kansas City | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 58 | 40 | +18 | 58 | |
| 5 | Portland Timbers | 34 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 56 | 52 | +4 | 55 | |
| 6 | Philadelphia Union | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 48 | 35 | +13 | 54 |
| April 17, 20211 | New York Red Bulls | 1–2 | Sporting Kansas City | Harrison, New Jersey |
| 7:00 pm CDT | Report |
| Stadium: Red Bull Arena Referee: Robert Sibiga |
| April 23, 20212 | Sporting Kansas City | 1–1 | Orlando City SC | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 6:30 pm CDT | Report | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,086 Referee: Joe Dickerson |
| May 1, 20213 | Real Salt Lake | 3–1 | Sporting Kansas City | Sandy, Utah |
| 1:00 pm CDT | Report |
| Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium Referee: David Gantar |
| May 9, 20214 | Sporting Kansas City | 2–1 | Austin FC | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 6:30 pm CDT | Report | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Referee: Joe Dickerson |
| May 12, 20215 | Houston Dynamo FC | 1–0 | Sporting Kansas City | Houston, Texas |
| 7:30 pm CDT | Report |
| Stadium: BBVA Stadium |
| May 16, 20216 | Sporting Kansas City | 3–0 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 1:00 pm CDT | Sánchez Sallói Pulido Kinda Espinoza | Report | Cornelius | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Referee: Alan Kelly |
| May 22, 20217 | San Jose Earthquakes | 1–3 | Sporting Kansas City | San Jose, California |
| 1:00 pm CDT | López Espinoza Ríos | Report | Lindsey Pulido Sallói | Stadium: PayPal Park Referee: Allen Chapman |
| May 29, 20218 | Sporting Kansas City | 3–2 | Houston Dynamo FC | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 7:30 pm CDT | Busio Pulido Kinda Zusi | Report | Jones Vera García Urruti | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,086 Referee: Drew Fischer |
| June 12, 20219 | Sporting Kansas City | 1–1 | Austin FC | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 2:30 pm CDT | Walter Salloi | Report | Dominguez Besler Lima | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 18,519 Referee: Robert Sibiga |
| June 19, 202110 | Portland Timbers | 2–1 | Sporting Kansas City | Portland, Oregon |
| 9:30 pm CDT | Asprilla Župarić Loría Zambrano | Report | Lindsey Fontàs Espinoza Ilie | Stadium: Providence Park Referee: Alan Kelly |
| June 23, 202111 | Sporting Kansas City | 3–1 | Colorado Rapids | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 7:30 pm CDT | Sallói Hernández | Report | Rosenberry | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 18,690 Referee: David Gantar |
| June 26, 202112 | Sporting Kansas City | 2–1 | Los Angeles FC | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 4:00 pm CDT | Ilie Pulido Sallói | Report | Blackmon Moon-hwan Romero | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 20,213 Referee: Chris Penso |
| July 4, 202113 | LA Galaxy | 0–2 | Sporting Kansas City | Carson, California |
| 9:30 pm CDT | Villafaña | Report | Sallói Russell Shelton | Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park Attendance: 23,556 Referee: Alex Chilowicz |
| July 21, 202114 | Sporting Kansas City | 1–1 | San Jose Earthquakes | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 7:30 pm CDT | Report | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 17,872 Referee: Joseph Dickerson |
| July 25, 202115 | Seattle Sounders FC | 1–3 | Sporting Kansas City | Seattle, Washington |
| 8:00 pm CDT | Leyva Montero Paulo | Report | Russell Sallói Duke Zusi | Stadium: Lumen Field Attendance: 32,790 Referee: Ramy Touchan |
| July 31, 202116 | Sporting Kansas City | 1–2 | FC Dallas | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 7:30 pm CDT | Sallói Russell | Report | Pomykal Ferreira Twumasi Bressan Jara Hedges | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 19,975 Referee: Alex Chilowicz |
| August 4, 202117 | Los Angeles FC | 1–4 | Sporting Kansas City | Los Angeles, California |
| 9:30 pm CDT | Romero Cifuentes Ginella Musovski Duke Atuesta | Report | Pulido Isimat-Mirin Martins Sallói Zusi Sánchez Kinda Fontàs Espinoza | Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 22,114 Referee: Alan Kelly |
| August 7, 202118 | Colorado Rapids | 0–0 | Sporting Kansas City | Commerce City, Colorado |
| 8:00 pm CDT | Warner Beitashour | Report | Punčec Lindsey | Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park Attendance: 11,753 Referee: Ted Unkel |
| August 14, 202119 | FC Dallas | 0–2 | Sporting Kansas City | Frisco, Texas |
| 7:30 pm CDT | Ferreira Hedges Obrian Schön Vargas Twumasi | Report | Pulido Sallói Kinda | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 14,133 Referee: Armando Villarreal |
| August 18, 202120 | Sporting Kansas City | 1–1 | Portland Timbers | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 7:30 pm CDT | Sallói Pulido | Report | Mora Chará Van Rankin Bonilla Valeri | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 17,081 Referee: Ismail Elfath |
| August 21, 202121 | Minnesota United FC | 0–0 | Sporting Kansas City | Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| 2:30 pm CDT | Dibassy Métanire | Report | Walter Russell Zusi Sallói Espinoza | Stadium: Allianz Field Referee: Marcos de Oliveira |
| August 28, 202122 | Sporting Kansas City | 1–1 | Colorado Rapids | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 7:30 pm CDT | Russell | Report | Lewis Abubakar Trusty Rosenberry | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 19,883 Referee: Fotis Bazakos |
| September 3, 202122 | Los Angeles FC | 4–0 | Sporting Kansas City | Los Angeles |
| 7:00 PM PT | Fall Ibeagha Arango Duke Musovski Atuesta | Report | Espinoza Melia | Stadium: Banc of California Stadium Attendance: 22,018 Referee: Drew Fischer |
| September 11, 202124 | Sporting Kansas City | 2–0 | Chicago Fire FC | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 7:30 pm CDT | José Mauri Russel | Report | Stojanović F. Navarro M. Navarro | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 18,467 Referee: Jon Freemon |
| September 15, 202125 | Sporting Kansas City | 4–0 | Minnesota United FC | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 7:30 pm CDT | Shelton Sallói Russell Duke | Report | Fragapane | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 16,888 Referee: Robert Sibiga |
| September 26, 202126 | Sporting Kansas City | 1–2 | Seattle Sounders FC | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 5:00 pm CDT | Russell Zusi | Report | Tolo C. Roldan Gómez Bruin A. Roldan | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 19,248 Referee: Joseph Dickerson |
| September 29, 202127 | FC Dallas | 1–3 | Sporting Kansas City | Frisco, Texas |
| 7:30 pm CDT | Acosta Pepi Munjoma | Report | Sallói Russell Barber | Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 12,387 Referee: Jair Marrufo |
| October 3, 202128 | Sporting Kansas City | 4–2 | Houston Dynamo FC | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 3:00 pm CDT | Russell Sallói Kinda Zusi | Report | Junqua Hadebe Picault Vera Quintero | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 17,867 Referee: Alex Chilowicz |
| October 17, 202129 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 2–1 | Sporting Kansas City | Vancouver, BC |
| 9:00 pm CDT | Gauld Teibert White Nerwinski | Report | Russell Sánchez Walter Kinda | Stadium: BC Place Attendance: 10,990 Referee: Silviu Petrescu |
| October 23, 202130 | Seattle Sounders FC | 1–2 | Sporting Kansas City | Seattle, Washington |
| 8:00 pm CDT | João Paulo Rowe A. Roldan Benezet Gómez Montero | Report | Walter Melia Kinda Espinoza Russell | Stadium: Lumen Field Attendance: 32,139 Referee: Ismail Elfath |
| October 27, 202131 | Sporting Kansas City | 2–0 | LA Galaxy | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 7:30 pm CDT | Russell Isimat-Mirin | Report | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 18,711 Referee: Alan Kelly |
| October 31, 202132 | Minnesota United FC | 2–1 | Sporting Kansas City | Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| 12:00 PM CDT | Fragapane Reynoso Alonso | Report | Shelton Duke Kinda Dia | Stadium: Allianz Field Referee: Victor Rivas |
| November 3, 202133 | Austin FC | 3–1 | Sporting Kansas City | Austin, Texas |
| 8:00 pm CDT | Driussi Cascante Gallagher Stroud | Report | Isimat-Mirin Russell | Stadium: Q2 Stadium Attendance: 20,738 Referee: Nima Saghafi |
| November 7, 202134 | Sporting Kansas City | 0–1 | Real Salt Lake | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 5:00 pm CST |
| Report | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 19,022 Referee: Ted Unkel |
| November 20First round | Sporting Kansas City | 3–1 | Vancouver Whitecaps FC | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 4:00 PM CST |
| Report | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 19,817 Referee: Alan Kelly |
| November 28Western Conference Semifinals | Sporting Kansas City | 1–2 | Real Salt Lake | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 2:00 PM CST | Russell | Report | Luiz Julio Wood | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 21,650 Referee: Kevin Stott |
| August 10, 2021 Quarterfinals | Sporting Kansas City | 1–6 | | Kansas City, Kansas |
| 7:00 p.m. CDT | Duke | Report | Colombatto Fernández Mena Meneses Dávila | Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 15,579 Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderón (Costa Rica) |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Major League Soccer | US Open Cup | Playoffs | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||||
| Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
| 22 | GK | Kendall McIntosh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 24 | GK | John Pulskamp | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 29 | GK | Tim Melia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 31 | GK | Brooks Thompson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Defenders | |||||||||||||
| 3 | DF | Andreu Fontas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 4 | DF | Roberto Punčec | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 5 | DF | Nicolas Isimat-Mirin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 8 | DF | Graham Zusi | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 13 | DF | Amadou Dia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 16 | DF | Graham Smith | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 26 | DF | Jaylin Lindsey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 36 | DF | Luís Martins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Midfielders | |||||||||||||
| 6 | MF | Ilie | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 10 | MF | Gianluca Busio | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 15 | MF | Roger Espinoza | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 17 | MF | Gadi Kinda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 19 | MF | Grayson Barber | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 21 | MF | Felipe Hernandez | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 28 | MF | Cameron Duke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 54 | MF | Remi Walter | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Forwards | |||||||||||||
| 7 | FW | Johnny Russell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 9 | FW | Alan Pulido | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 11 | FW | Khiry Shelton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 20 | FW | Dániel Sallói | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 23 | FW | Tyler Freeman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 25 | FW | Ozzie Cisneros | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 96 | FW | Wilson Harris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Players who have made an appearance or had a squad number this season but have left the club | |||||||||||||